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Summary: Bringing the 80's to now....Sweet! Um sometimes.
Review: I used to watch Robotech every morning before school. Macross, Southern Cross and Mospeada. Channel 31 out here in Denver even played the shows in order! I had mom buy me some of the toys and there's even a role-playing game still available but none of that was as cool as watching this boxed set and thinking about how I felt when I was a kid. This show was and still is very cool. For all of you expecting this HD transfer and Dolby 5.1, forget it! Some of the episodes are soft focused and the audio is in stereo. No widescreen here as this show was made for full screen displays. I engaged Pro Logic and that gives a fairly convincing surround effect. We're talking about an excelent story line, great character development and through the test time cell animation that is still better than most of the domesticated animation your kids watch today! For those of you that have never seen this show, buy it, borrow it or rent it if you can. You can even watch it with your kids if you want or hog it for yourself. Who cares? Episodes 1-12 Introduce us to the Crew of the SDF-1 and the hardships they endure plus it gives us a taste of more to come from the 2nd boxed set. I remember some of what happens in later episodes of the Macross series and it gets better and better! You have to watch this show to fully appreciate it. You can't beat Amazon.com's price either! What are you waiting for!
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Summary: Classic Anime action (sort of)
Review: If you remember watching this series in the early/mid 80s and enjoyed it, you most likely will enjoy this box set. As stated in some of the other reviews, the quality is about the same as it was when it originally aired, but for as cheap as they are per DVD, why complain? AND you get 6 episodes per disc, unlike the usual 3 or 4 episodes. In this box set you also get a disc "full" of bonus material which has an interesting episode with Cpt. Gloval recalling the events of the first 13 or so episodes and explaining a little better what was going on.When it originally aired in the '80s I was rather young and I had no clue what was going on as I was too young to understand some of the things that were happening. When I saw this set was coming out at such an attractive price, I decided to give Robotech another try. I am glad I did! The story and characters are so much better than any of the other cartoons of the time, and to an extent, the cartoons today. Japan has been good at churning out cartoons with a continous story arc and compelling characters, whereas it seems America's forte' is the one shots with characters being the only constant. If you want a REMASTERED "Robotech", you can check out the Macross Saga (the first 36 episodes called the Macross Saga in Japan that Robotech spliced with Southern Cross and Mospaeda to become Robotech) from Animeigo later this year. Just keep in mind that this is going to be Japanese with English subtitles only, but the visual quality is much higher than the direct to DVD that ADV has done with Robotech. Check it out! Good start to a great series.
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Summary: About time
Review: I have been waiting for years to find the Robotech series on video, and now even more of a 15 year dream has come true, they're on DVD! Any true robotech fan should get this!
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Summary: Childhood all over
Review: If ever I had wanted a new lease on childhood, this is the way to go. I've compared these against the unedited VHS tapes that I purchased years ago and have determined that the DVD set is also unedited. The fact that the box set also comes with a special DVD means so much more Robotech to enjoy. I'm so happy I purchased this box set.
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Summary: I'm just happy I finally have them
Review: Look to all those who wrote in complaining about the quality I understand - but alas it was an inexpensive set and it is better than nothing at all - I used to have all of these on home recorded tapes but due to overuse that were ruined - this brings it all back for me - and I thank the people who have returned to me a cartoon that I thought I would never see in it's entirety again. Yes better quality would have been very nice but the graininess seems kind of appropriate. All I have to say is bring on the other box sets and the Alpha Fighters and Cyclones!!!
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Summary: I'm just happy I finally have them
Review: Look to all those who wrote in complaining about the quality, I understand - but alas it was an inexpensive set and it is better than nothing at all - I used to have all of these on home recorded tapes but due to overuse they were ruined - this brings it all back for me - and I thank the people who have returned to me a cartoon that I thought I would never see in it's entirety again. Yes better quality would have been very nice but the graininess seems kind of appropriate. All I have to say is bring on the other box sets and the Alpha Fighters and Cyclones!
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Summary: Great series, average DVD
Review: This is a great groundbreaking cartoon series that as the producer says in the commentary, "... probably wouldn't get produced today." Realistic characters with their own problems, hang-ups and real-life issues about love and war. 12 episodes are included in this set. I think there were 68 episodes in 3 seasons of Robotech. A "movie" version of the first 13 episodes is included giving snippets of the various episodes in order through a flashback narration by the Captain. The only real value of this is a commentary track by the producer of the series giving a history of the production's conversion to an American audience. The picture or sound doesn't appear to be restored. Overall, this is a must have if you grew up on this series as I did.
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Summary: Great to relive the past, but I want more
Review: I cut my teeth on Robotech back in the 80's and have been disappointed it's not in syndication anywhere on cable. I jumped at the chance to buy the DVDs when they came out,and they haven't disappointed, really.. My 4 year old daughter is currently into Sailor Moon, and I've enjoyed watching the original Japanese versions of the movies on DVD. While I've got to read the subtitiles to understand, the dialogue and inflection is a better match to the action on the screen. I was hoping against hope that these DVDs would include an alternate Japanese version, but they don't. Sure, there are snipets of scenes in other languages, but for my money, that's not enough. While the production quality isn't as good as it could be, they still beat the old dusty VHS tapes that I made way back when. Fast forwarding through the commercials was a pain! All in all, these DVDs are a great trip back to the past, and what's better, the stories still hold up. I just wish the final chapter in the Robotech saga had been completed.. We're still waiting for Rick and Lisa to come back to earth!
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Summary: Big Dissappointment
Review: I had fond memories of this series from back in the 80's when it aired on TV. I must've been expecting too much, because I was totally unimpressed with the boxed set. The colors were washed out, and the annoying, repetitive music really started to grate on my nerves after the first two episodes. I would have also been much happier if they had left out the opening/closing credits for EACH episode (with accompanying annoying music), as well as the 3-5 min recap of the previous episode. Maybe they left this in out of laziness, or to pad the DVD's with garbage so they could stretch the series across more disks. Simple changes could have made this so much better.
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Summary: Finally on DVD, but not DVD quality.
Review: I've anxiously awaited Robotech on DVD and finally it's here and more affordable than any other release! That's the good news. The bad news is that the picture quality is terrible. The source material for the DVDs has obviously aged over the years and nothing has been done to restore it. The color has changed, the picture is fuzzy, and there's tons of scratches and dust in it. Also on the extras CD, many portions of it glitch as if frames have been reversed. I'll definitely be picking up all the other Robotech DVDs simply because it's Robotech and this is as good as it gets (for now). I only wish they cleaned up the picture. As it is right now, probably only long time fans of the series will be purchase it. By cleaning up the picture instead of just putting on DVD whatever aged source material they had, ADV could've appealed to a much larger audience.
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